Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (1907-1930), a young brownshirt in the early Nazi movement, was shot by Communist opponents during a dispute and later died from his injuries. Joseph Goebbels and the Nazi propaganda machine mythologized his life and death, elevating him into a martyr for their cause. A poem he wrote became the “Horst-Wessel Song,” the anthem of the Nazi Party and later part of the national identity under Nazi rule. Through public ceremonies, renamed streets, and ritual remembrance, Wessel’s story became a blueprint for turning death into myth and myth into political power.
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Conservatives are calling for Attorney General Pam Bondi’s ouster after she vowed to unconstitutionally target ‘hate speech’ following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Trump celebrates the removal of Jimmy Kimmel’s show from ABC and urges NBC to fire hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers next.
Six months after his arrest in Trump’s immigration crackdown, an immigration judge orders pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil deported to Algeria or Syria.
One week after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, House leaders doubled lawmakers’ personal security allowance to $10,000 per month.
House Judiciary Republicans voted down a request to subpoena bank CEOs about their ties to Jeffrey Epstein, with one Republican breaking ranks.
Trump’s D.C. National Guard deployment for trash pickup and park maintenance is projected to cost taxpayers over $1.8 million per day.
The CDC denies employees with disabilities the option of telework as a reasonable accommodation in an apparent violation of federal law.
The Social Security Administration denies data leak claims from its former chief data officer, who says he was forced out for raising the alarm.
The Trump administration is reportedly frustrated with AI firm Anthropic for barring federal agencies from using its top-secret cleared AI for domestic surveillance.
Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly made the same type of mortgage pledge the administration is using to justify firing Fed’s Lisa Cook.
The FBI takes a man into custody for ramming its Pittsburgh office in what the agency is calling an ‘act of terror.’
The Education Dept. unites 40 conservative groups to create ‘patriotic’ civics curriculum despite a federal ban on such influence.
Judge Madeline Haikala rules Jefferson County’s commission map illegally packs Black voters and orders the lines be redrawn.
Trump plans to designate antifa a terrorist organization, contradicting his former FBI director’s testimony that it is a movement.
King Charles hosts a state banquet for Trump as Prime Minister Starmer faces backlash over both leaders’ ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
The National Academy of Sciences refutes the scientific basis for the Trump administration’s proposal to revoke the 2009 climate endangerment finding.
An Army veteran pleads not guilty to charges from Jeanine Pirro’s office for a protest held the same day as Trump’s flag burning order.
Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez tells a Senate committee that HHS Secretary Kennedy ordered her to fire scientists and pre-approve vaccine recommendations.
Facing pressure from Trump, the Federal Reserve approves a quarter-point rate cut over a lone dissent from his new appointee who sought more.
Eleven West Africans deported from the U.S. claim they are still detained in Ghana, directly contradicting Ghanaian officials’ recent statements.
Portland cites ICE for violating its facility permit 25 times in 10 months by holding people beyond an agreed 12-hour limit.
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